MySQL/PHP News System - php

Question

I have a PHP/MySQL News system which displayes the newest news article on the home page and a full list on a news page.
The newest article bit works but, my problem is that whenever i try to echo all the news article on the news page it either repeats the same or outputs one and nothing else.
**MySQL Information**
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT,
author VARCHAR(xxx),
title VARCHAR(xxx),
message TEXT,
date TEXT,
time TEXT,
PRIMARY KEY(id)
This is the insertion page (news_center.php)
<form action='/?module=admin&n=news_center_ac' method='post'>
<table align="center" width="68%">
<tr>
<td>Title</td>
<td><input style="width:100%;" type='text' name='news_title' /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="57">Message</td>
<td><input style="width:100%; height:100%;" type='text' name='news_message' /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='2'><input type='submit' /></td>
</tr>
</table>
This is news_center_ac.php
<?php
$conn = mysql_connect(*Connection Information*) or die(mysql_error());
$db = mysql_select_db( "db372357229")or die(mysql_error());
$author == $_SESSION['name'];
if(!empty($_POST['news_title']) || !empty($_POST['news_message']))
{
if(!empty($_POST['news_title']) && !empty($_POST['news_message']))
{
$date = date( 'jS F Y' );
$time = date( 'H:i' );
$query = "INSERT INTO news (id, author, title, content, date, time) VALUES('', '".$author."', '".$_POST['news_title']."', '".$_POST['news_message']."', '".$date."', '".$time."')" or die(mysql_error());
$insert = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
echo '<p>Successful News Update “'.$_POST['news_title'].'”';
}
else
{
echo '<p>Please fill in all fields</p>';
}
}
?>
This is the Output on the news page (/news/index.php)
<?php
$conn = mysql_connect("*CONNECTION INFORMATION*") or die(mysql_error());
$db = mysql_select_db( "db372357229")or die(mysql_error());
$news = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news ORDER BY date DESC,id DESC");
$output = mysql_fetch_array($news);
?>
*CONTENT*
<?php
foreach ($output as $value) {
echo "<p> “" .$output['content'];
echo "”";
echo "Posted:" .$output['date'];
echo " " .$output['time'];
}
?>
I just want it to output each news article in turn i can sort out the formatting later once it works.

Answer 1

You are misusing mysql_fetch_array(). It needs to be called in a loop, as it only returns one row at a time.
$conn = mysql_connect("*CONNECTION INFORMATION*") or die(mysql_error());
$db = mysql_select_db( "db372357229")or die(mysql_error());
$news = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news ORDER BY date DESC,id DESC");
EDIT Added htmlentities() calls to convert html special characters
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($news)) {
echo "<p> “" . htmlentities($row['content']);
echo "”";
echo "Posted:" . htmlentities($row['date']);
echo " " . htmlentities($row['time']);
}

Answer 2

Rewrite it this way:
<?php
while($output = mysql_fetch_array($news)) {
echo "<p> “" .$output['content'];
echo "”";
echo "Posted:" .$output['date'];
echo " " .$output['time'];
}
?>
When you call output first, it is only returning one value, this will loop through all.

Answer 3

try /news/index.php
<?php
$conn = mysql_connect("*CONNECTION INFORMATION*") or die(mysql_error());
$db = mysql_select_db( "db372357229")or die(mysql_error());
$news = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news ORDER BY date DESC,id DESC");
while($output = mysql_fetch_assoc($news)) {
echo "<p> “" .$output['content'];
echo "”";
echo "Posted:" .$output['date'];
echo " " .$output['time'];
}
?>

Answer 4

Shouldn't the last foreach loop use $value, ie
<?php
foreach ($output as $value) {
echo "<p> “" .$value['content'];
echo "”";
echo "Posted:" .$value['date'];
echo " " .$value['time'];
}
?>